I only get into trouble on DU when I try to get to what's real.

[Warpy]

251. Don't forget that Obama was playing Rope-A-Dope with Republicans around that time

I understand the resentment of everybody who saw him taking shots at the first African American president. I thought his remarks were ill considered, myself, because Obama was then and remains one of the finest and most qualified people the party has ever found to run for the presidency. Howevr, at the time, Obama was saying things like privatizing Social Security was not off the table and scaring the hell out of most of us, playing the Republicans like a sour violin. That was likely behind the remark, fear and frustration. It was still not his best hour.

So yes, understood.

So thank you for answering my question. I hope I've managed to give you a little context for Sanders's offensive remark, although I don't expect it to turn you into a fan.

My own hope for Sanders is that he makes a good enough showing in the primary to scare the hell out of the "business as usual" suits at the center of party power, letting them know that our patience is running out and they'd better devote a little more attention to Main St.

That's about as partisan as I get at this stage of the game.